>I shared a banana slug
>(Ariolimax columbianus) with someone in Washington, so I don't know if I
>got the digestive gland or not, but I don't recall any foul flavor - but
>I did get the crunchy shell.

i could do with a few slug shells... that's one group my collection
is lacking. Care to send me any from further bananas you may eat?

>    Slugs tend to have more slime than snails

I can vouch for that, having placed Helix and Limax on my tongue to
surprise people with... the external-shelled snail left no residues,
while that with internal shell had me scraping furiously...
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

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